How the profession is changing
AI tools, errors and rules in law firms, legal departments and courts.
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November 2026 · 11
Legal AI startup Harvey, valued at $15.5 billion, holds early IPO talkslawyerThe market position of the vendor behind large firms' AI tools may affect licensing deals.corporate lawyerVendor-dependence risk with providers such as Harvey should be addressed in contracts.A&O Shearman commits $1.1bn lawyer-led investment to its AI programmelawyerLarge firms' AI investment is reshaping the traditional division of legal work and entry-level work.corporate lawyerSuppliers' AI capabilities may become a procurement criterion for external advisers.AI tool dontes.app searches Hungarian court decisionslawyerA meaning-based search engine finds relevant decisions faster in legal research, but the results must be verified.Arsboni: the future of the billable hour is in question in the AI eralawyerFirms should consider fixed-fee or value-based offers for tasks that can be automated.corporate lawyerClients should ask for AI savings to be shared in fee negotiations.LG AI Research tool checks copyright risk in training data 45 times fastercorporate lawyerCopyright screening of training datasets can be automated, but the final assessment still requires review by legal experts.compliance specialistData screening can be done at scale with automated tools, with decisions documented alongside.AI creates a new profession that could open law firms to people without law degreeslawyerFirms need to assess which non-lawyer roles to introduce in AI workflows.Over 80% of South Korean judges have encountered AI-fabricated citations, survey findslawyerCitations in every AI-assisted filing must be verified before submission.New York State Bar: lawyers cannot bill for time saved by AIlawyerIn hourly billing, time saved by AI must not be charged, and the client must be able to see the arrangement in advance.corporate lawyerOutside firms' invoices are worth checking for transparency on AI use and for how the savings are shared.AI-native law firm Athena raises $2.5M pre-seed from a16zlawyerA change in service and fee models could pose competition for smaller firms that work with AI.corporate lawyerIn-house legal departments should assess the fee proposals of AI-based external providers.Harvey makes acquisition, announces partnership and launches new features for law firmslawyerLitigation and arbitration AI features may speed up research and drafting, but evaluating the output remains the lawyer's responsibility.corporate lawyerWhen choosing a vendor, data-handling and confidentiality terms should be compared.Expert conference: AI could support the use of minority languages in courts
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Anthropic updates Claude to stop it from recreating existing video gamescorporate lawyerChanges to providers' terms of use need to be tracked.Legal AI startup bids for assets of collapsed law firm Weil GotshallawyerThe sale of a large firm's assets points to a changing market for law firms.Latham & Watkins and Harvey to develop AI tool for investment fund formation worklawyerIn fund formation documentation, standardizable steps can be automated.corporate lawyerClients can expect efficiency from large firms.Clinical AI liability: AMA briefing and legal risks for health systemscorporate lawyerFor healthcare clients, the liability clauses in supplier contracts should be reviewed.compliance specialistWhen clinical AI is used, responsibility and human oversight should be documented.Jónsbók legal AI receives international investment, with Hungary playing a key rolelawyerA new legal AI service with a Hungarian connection may become available.corporate lawyerWhen switching vendors, data-handling and confidentiality terms should be reviewed.Fake AI citations: first strike-off, sanctions and court criticism across several countrieslawyerFake citations can lead to sanctions, including professional disbarment.Anthropic launches Claude for Legal Artifacts, interactive tools for lawyerslawyerUsable in contract workflows, but the output must be checked.corporate lawyerCan also be applied to contract review at smaller companies.compliance specialistData-handling and confidentiality terms should be reviewed before signing a contract.Clio report: billable hours rise with AI as another analysis warns of an AI bubblelawyerClients expect time savings, so firms must also stress verification.corporate lawyerFee models may change.Legora raises $550m at $8.8bn valuation and builds agentic operating system for legal worklawyerRepetitive contract tasks can be automated, but checking is still needed.corporate lawyerVendor performance claims should be tested on your own documents.Harvey acquires Aida, gains FedRAMP Class D certification and unveils legal AI agent benchmarklawyerFor federal clients, the certification opens the way to AI use.corporate lawyerThe agent performance test helps with vendor selection.Clio acquires Page, unveils new brand and faces dispute with AI company over data deallawyerPractice management software is turning into AI workspaces.corporate lawyerThe expiry and renewal of data licence agreements can lead to disputes.Legal AI tools: Ropes & Gray due diligence, Everlaw agent, Filevine citation checkerlawyerDocument review is faster, but quality control is needed.AI agents' errors create liability risk for companies and their lawyerscorporate lawyerFor agentic systems, the scope of authority and oversight should be set out in contracts.compliance specialistLogging autonomous AI decisions and designating those responsible for them is recommended.Negligence and AI: liability when AI goes roguelawyerThe standard of care expected in AI use may be decisive in litigation.Jogkódex BH-chat uses AI to search more than 300.000 court decisionslawyerAI summaries and search results should be checked against the original decision.Generative AI a systemic risk to legal sector, and insurers struggle to price itlawyerProfessional indemnity insurance terms need to be renegotiated to cover AI use.corporate lawyerThe growth in provider risk due to AI calls for contractual protection.Hungarian developer, 25, builds AI for legal and tax questionscitizenA domestic AI assistant for legal and tax questions has appeared.lawyerThe domestic arrival of legal AI aimed at laypeople also touches on the limits of advice.Hungarian legal education adds AI regulation to its tasksWerdict, an AI-native toolkit for lawyers, launcheslawyerA new Hungarian legal AI tool is worth trying in daily workflows.Swedish legal AI startup Legora raises $550 million at $8.8 billion valuationlawyerThe legal AI tools market is flush with capital, so law firms need to develop a vendor strategy.corporate lawyerIn-house legal departments should expect Legora's increasingly strong US presence.AI takes over junior lawyers' routine work, raising questions about their traininglawyerFirms must plan how young lawyers will gain practical experience.Freshfields partners explore spin-off of AI unit as email leakslawyerLarge firms' AI units could become independent businesses that attract investors.Harvey adds integrations and Intake product for in-house legal teamslawyerNew fact-checking and research integrations are being added to the tools for litigation and matter handling.corporate lawyerIntake is used for first-line screening of contract requests and for review.Harvey, Legora, Microsoft and Thomson Reuters compete for the legal AI front doorlawyerLarge firms are adopting several platforms, so there is no single standard tool.corporate lawyerIn procurement, integration, source verifiability and a multi-platform strategy matter.Courts experiment with AI, but decisions stay with humansNew online tool checks lawyers' briefs for AI-hallucinated citationslawyerAutomated citation checking can be run before a brief is filed to reduce the risk of sanctions.OpenAI and S&C develop Agreement Analyzer tool for contract analysislawyerA lawyer must still check the output of the contract analysis tool.corporate lawyerAn accelerator tool that can be tried out in contract review workflows.Microsoft launches Copilot for Legal with Bloomberg Law datalawyerLegal AI available within the Microsoft environment lawyers already use offers a new alternative alongside Harvey and Legora.corporate lawyerA new, large vendor has entered legal teams' tool procurement, and its data-handling terms need to be reviewed.Hogan Lovells Cadwalader announces firmwide AI strategy, signs with Harvey and LegoralawyerFirmwide AI adoption makes building and using lawyer-built agents part of daily practice.Hungarian Bar Association journal puts AI and arbitration on its coverlawyerThe role of AI in arbitration practice is a topic of professional debate in Hungary.AI-native law firms draw lawyers from large firmslawyerThe AI-native firm has appeared as a career path, which calls for rethinking the law firm business model and bar rules.Paul Weiss and Columbia Law School launch joint generative AI initiativeAI threatens the junior lawyer pipeline as first AI-trained law graduates enter the workforceAI in Hungarian law firms: how much of the hype is true?lawyerThe actual state of AI use at domestic firms can inform adoption decisions.AI-assisted arbitrators: a Swiss perspectivelawyerIn arbitration proceedings, lawyers must reckon with regulatory questions about the role of AI.Harvey and Legora launch same-named Intake tools within hours of each othercorporate lawyerAutomated intake and triage of in-house legal requests is now available from two vendors.lawyerThe legal tech race may also affect how work is divided within in-house legal departments and what is instructed to outside firms.Freshfields weighs spinning off AI unit valued in the billionslawyerSpinning firm AI tools off into a separate business also raises questions of partner ownership and the handling of client information.corporate lawyerSpinning off tools trained on client materials raises confidentiality and ownership questions.Z.ai's GLM-Legal legal agent model scores 19.2% on Harvey's LAB benchmarklawyerThe measured performance of legal agents is still low (19.2%), so they should not be used in live work without review.corporate lawyerThe arrival of cheap, law-specific models may put pressure on prices in legal AI procurement.Harvey to open Japan office in early 2027 and names APAC vice presidentlawyerAn AI tool entering the Japanese legal market could change local firms' working methods and competitive position.Legal tech funding: Pandektes raises €13.5m, a Danish start-up €2m, Leela $4.6mcorporate lawyerNew AI legal research and compliance tools are reaching the market; run a pilot before buying.lawyerThe inflow of capital is accelerating the spread of AI-native providers.Law firms turn their own expertise into AI technologylawyerBefore building their own document templates and professional knowledge into machines, lawyers must clarify whether client data may be used.corporate lawyerTurning expertise into tools raises new licensing and confidentiality questions.Judges see promise and peril as AI moves into the courtsAI has not triggered a flood of legal malpractice claims, but insurers are watchinglawyerMalpractice insurers may ask for conditions on AI use, so a firm's internal AI policy matters.corporate lawyerThe insurers' approach may also shape the terms on which legal services are procured.ASEAN and China explore e-courts and AI to strengthen judicial cooperationÁgnes Czine lectures on whether AI can sit in judgment over peopleAI puts pressure on the billable hour in the legal professionlawyerPricing models, such as fixed fees and value-based billing, are worth rethinking in light of AI-driven efficiency gains.How Hungarian lawyers use legal AI and what it means for the profession's competitivenesslawyerThe Hungarian professional debate can offer guidance on office AI-use practices and competitiveness.Hungarian-language legal AI assistants compared: jog.gov.hu, JURA, LEXA, Bojtár.AIlawyerMust always check the sources and answers before using a Hungarian legal AI search tool.corporate lawyerCan choose among Hungarian-language tools for in-house legal research, while checking the terms of service.ANI v. OpenAI: Indian analysis of AI training and fair dealinglawyerThe study offers a scholarly reference point for interpreting fair dealing in Indian copyright disputes over AI.Debate on AI liability revives after EU shelved liability rulescorporate lawyerIn the absence of EU liability rules, national-law risks must be assessed.lawyerIn damages cases, the applicability of existing liability rules to AI must be addressed in argument.Podcasts address employment-law and compliance questions on workplace AI usecorporate lawyerA starting point for drawing up an employer's AI use policy and liability framework.compliance specialistInternal rules must designate who is responsible for AI-generated content.Legal AI startups raise funds: Teddy AI $60M, Pandektes €13.5M, Falcon AI €1.5MlawyerThe funding rounds point to rapid adoption of legal AI tools, so vendor durability should be weighed when choosing one.corporate lawyerConsolidation among legal AI vendors also affects contractual dependency risk.Legal AI tools: LawVu Lens, Harvey–LexisNexis motion to dismiss workflow, LAB-AA benchmarklawyerHallucination metrics should be considered when choosing drafting and contract analysis tools.corporate lawyerTools certified for the public sector can offer a procurement advantage.What law students should learn in the age of AIArbitral institutions build AI frameworks, but gaps remainlawyerIn arbitration proceedings, the terms of AI use should be clarified in advance under the institutional rules.Ivo open-sources Sage, a legal AI model for long-horizon contract workcorporate lawyerFor contract review, a free model that can be run in-house may be considered, subject to a data protection check.lawyerThe model's output must be checked, and data security conditions must be examined separately.Óbuda University launches practical AI Act trainingcompliance specialistA domestic training opportunity opens up for the practical application of the AI Act.corporate lawyerA new opportunity is available for further training of a company's AI Act compliance team.Slovak Hungarian-language statute database Törvénytár relaunches with AIlawyerAn AI-supported tool is available for searching Slovak legislation in Hungarian; its output must be checked against the official text.citizenThe Hungarian community in Slovakia gets easier access to legislation in force.AI-native law firms launch as Arceus Legal raises $17MlawyerFixed-fee offers from AI-native firms may put price pressure on traditional hourly-billed services.corporate lawyerAI-based firms may also become competitors when choosing external legal service providers.
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Clio acquires Learned Hand, an AI startup built for judgeslawyerExpect AI support to spread to the bench as well, which may also affect how arguments and filings are shaped.Opten launches AI-based company information service, billed as Hungary's ChatGPT for company datalawyerA new AI tool is available for company information work, but its output must be checked against official data.corporate lawyerCompany checks can be done with faster data collection, provided accuracy is ensured.Israel Bar Association issues expanded ethics opinion on lawyers' use of AIlawyerWhere there is an Israeli connection, AI use must be documented and checked in line with the ethics rules.compliance specialistA law firm's AI policy should be compared with the Bar Association's position.Touro Law introduces mandatory AI training for incoming studentsLawdistrict analysis finds 574 AI-hallucinated court cases; Florida warns of tougher sanctionslawyerEvery AI-generated citation must be checked before a filing is submitted, because sanctions are getting heavier.Hungarian legal training on AI: business breakfast, MÜK lecture, 5 October workshoplawyerThe events cover practical questions of professional quality and AI labelling obligations, so they are worth attending.Arbitrus unveils AI 'judge' designed to resolve legal disputeslawyerBefore accepting AI-based dispute resolution, the parties' consent and review of the output must be clarified.Courts punish hallucinated citations as US lawyers face patchwork of AI ruleslawyerCheck each court's own AI disclosure rules and verify every citation before filing.Law firms and AI companies compete for legal technology talentlawyerThe legal engineer path offers a new professional alternative to the traditional legal career.CMS and Dentons sell stakes in legal AI company Noxtua to German legal publisherlawyerThe legal AI tools market is consolidating towards publishers, which affects the choice of tools.corporate lawyerThe impact of the change of provider on existing tool contracts needs to be examined.Legora in talks at $8.5B valuation as Teachers' Venture Growth invests in HarveylawyerRapid fundraising by legal AI providers will speed up adoption of the tools in law firms.corporate lawyerWhen choosing a vendor, consider the provider's financial stability.Law firms and clients clash over who reaps AI savings as in-house teams weigh freed capacitylawyerInstead of hourly billing, efficiency gains achieved with AI need to be handled transparently.corporate lawyerIt is worth fixing in advance, in engagement terms, how AI savings are shared.Legal AI start-up Chamelio raises $26m Series A to replace legacy contract software with AI agentscorporate lawyerIn-house legal departments may assess AI-agent contract management systems as a replacement for traditional software.Legal AI company Harvey launches pro bono programme, with London leading the pushlawyerLawyers doing pro bono work can gain access to AI tools through the programme.OpenAI launches legal AI platform Astra for Law, with Sullivan & Cromwell and Cooley as early adopterslawyerCompare the platform with existing legal AI tools, particularly for diligence and research work.corporate lawyerIn procurement, examine the data protection and confidentiality guarantees.Federal appeals court moves against AI-drafted filings after lawyers cite fake caseslawyerSources cited in any AI-drafted filing must be verified, because the court sanctions violations.Courts weigh AI use: African human rights court, Missouri and Wood CountyReport outlines generative AI risks and safeguards for law officeslawyerOffice AI-use policies should be reviewed in light of the risks the report identifies.compliance specialistThe use of generative AI should be framed by internal rules and oversight.US law schools split between laptop bans and mandatory AI instructionSouth Korean courts weigh tougher sanctions as AI hallucinations keep appearing in filingslawyerCheck sources in AI-assisted filings, as tougher sanctions may follow.Australian court sanctions lawyer for improper use of generative AI in migration caselawyerMigration lawyers who use AI must check the accuracy of the material they file.New term begins for award-winning AI course at Károli Reformed University's law schoolIsrael's Bar Association sets strict rules for lawyers using AI agentslawyerThe use of AI agents is subject to Bar rules, so office practice should be aligned with them.SRA issues warning notice on misuse of AIlawyerThe regulatory warning bears on professional liability and disciplinary risk.corporate lawyerIt is advisable to request contractual declarations on AI use from external law firms.Hungarian Bar Association piece addresses when to disclose AI use in text and imageslawyerThe bar guidance may serve as a reference in interpreting labelling obligations and professional expectations on AI use.Relativity renames RelativityOne as Relativity aiR; Checkbox launches First Pass contract reviewlawyerAI-based document review and contract checking speed up first-pass review work, but human review remains.corporate lawyerScreening can be automated in in-house contract management; confidentiality matters when choosing a tool.Thomson Reuters launches its own AI model trained on proprietary legal contentcorporate lawyerKnowing the origin and training data of vendors' models is part of the procurement decision.lawyerThe market for legal research tools is also widening toward proprietary models built by traditional providers.OpenAI unveils Astra for Law legal AI platformlawyerThe tool for legal research and workflows can be tried out, but according to Mobilissimo it was not built as a virtual lawyer, so results still need to be checked.corporate lawyerIn procurement, the decisive factors are legal-grade controls, data handling and comparison with competing legal AI products.compliance specialistPrivacy and confidentiality settings should be reviewed before the new platform is rolled out.Law schools and firms respond to AI: Touro requirement, free Harvey access, free Claude traininglawyerFree training opportunities help lawyers learn to use AI safely.Hungarian AI training for lawyers: Edulex course and Wolters Kluwer Libra AcademylawyerMandatory continuing-education credits can also be earned through an AI-themed course.corporate lawyerIn-house legal teams can build AI competence through organised training.AI-flawed court filings rise despite three years of sanctionslawyerVerification steps must be built into the workflow; alongside sanctions, reputational risk is growing.corporate lawyerChecks on outside firms' AI use can be made a contractual obligation.Legora adds legal research and AI-native citator to challenge Westlaw and LexislawyerCompeting legal research platforms give firms more bargaining power on pricing and service.corporate lawyerIn procurement, a citator function matters for reducing hallucination risk.Morgan & Morgan to spend at least $1bn on legal AI over 10 yearslawyerLarge firms' own AI platforms can be a competitive advantage in cost-sensitive practice areas.corporate lawyerLaw firms' technology investment is also a factor in management and fee negotiations.Legal AI startup Harvey valued at $15.5bn, hires Microsoft research chieflawyerThe strengthening of the market-leading legal AI provider influences firms' technology choices.corporate lawyerThe evaluation methods of legal AI developers also matter for procurement decisions.New AI-native law firms launchlawyerAI-native models open up new firm structures and client segments.Deepfakes and AI prompts as evidence in courtlawyerAuthentication of digital evidence and preservation of prompts should be planned ahead in litigation.More than 110 AI copyright lawsuits filed as AI-generated books flood online marketplacesSurveys on legal AI adoption: ILTA tech survey and Texas lawyerslawyerThe surveys offer a benchmark for how colleagues use AI.corporate lawyerMarket adoption and caution can both be considered when rolling out AI internally.UKJT legal statement and English tort law analyses address liability for AI harmslawyerIn liability claims, the duty of care of the organisation using AI needs to be analysed.corporate lawyerAI service contracts should clarify how liability for harm is shared.Petition for Hungarian authors calls for labelling AI-written text and debate turns to the right to say nolawyerIn advisory work, the TDM exception and the question of reserved rights must be handled separately.Japan's Supreme Court to test AI use in civil trials
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Legal AI market: Thomson Reuters launches own model, OpenAI eyes legal push, Newcode funding reaches $20MlawyerThe range of document review and research tools is growing, so procurement should include comparative testing.corporate lawyerIn contracts with legal technology vendors, data handling and the verifiability of outputs are key.Wall Street banks push Big Law to cut fees because of AIlawyerIn fee negotiations, lawyers must be able to justify where value-creating human work remains.corporate lawyerOn the client side, AI efficiency gains can be passed on in the form of fee discounts.Law schools launch AI courses and training programs for legal educationEFF and artist groups file amicus briefs in AI copyright caseslawyerThe amicus briefs can be used as model arguments in the fair use debate.Google in talks with Hollywood studios over licences for its AI toolsNew Jersey attorneys flag risks of clients using AI for legal worklawyerClients should be informed about the risks of AI-generated legal material, including the confidentiality implications.Wolters Kluwer builds structured legal knowledge base to develop Libra AIlawyerIn Hungarian legal research, Libra AI's answers should be used with source verification.AI hasn't triggered flood of legal malpractice claims, but insurers are watchinglawyerFirm-wide AI use policies and verification processes should be aligned with insurers' expectations.corporate lawyerProfessional liability policy terms should be reviewed for exclusions related to AI use.New agentic features for law firms: CoCounsel, Aderant, EverlawlawyerResponsibility for oversight must be clarified before agents are used in litigation and investigation workflows.Casetext cofounder Pablo Arredondo joins Clio to lead its judiciary expansionCleary Gottlieb partners with Google Cloud to deploy Gemini Enterprise for LegallawyerAnother major vendor has joined Harvey and Thomson Reuters in firms' tool selection.corporate lawyerWhen procuring cloud-based legal AI, data handling and confidentiality terms should be requested.Thomson Reuters launches proprietary LLM trained on Westlaw and Practical Law contentlawyerLegal research tools should be compared on benchmarks and on the firm's own workflows, because the models lead in different areas.corporate lawyerWhen switching vendors, the model's origin (a Chinese base model) should also be examined.Young lawyers and AI: automation threatens the entry levellawyerFirms must rethink their training model for juniors.Judges worldwide: AI may decide minor cases, but judicial conscience cannot be replacedcitizenLitigants without a lawyer must check filings they prepare with AI.Legal AI startups raise more funding: Newcode $13.5m, Discernis $2.5mcorporate lawyerVendor risk and data protection due diligence is essential for new startups.LexisNexis unveils agentic Protégé and plans its own AI modellawyerResults from agentic research features must still be verified when trying them out.Jackson Lewis and Nelson Mullins announce firmwide Harvey rolloutslawyerA firmwide rollout requires training and internal usage rules.When AI designs a drug, who gets the patent credit?lawyerPatent filings should document the human inventor's contribution.corporate lawyerInventor status needs to be clarified when patenting results of AI-assisted research.Harvey picks DeepL for legal translationlawyerIn cross-border matters, translation can be done within the platform, but quality control remains the lawyer's responsibility.corporate lawyerTranslation data flows should be reviewed for data protection and confidentiality.Fülöp Henrik analysis examines copyright and generative AI: who owns the outputlawyerWhen taking on client work on the legal status of AI outputs, the uncertainty must be made clear.Analysis counts more than 1,600 court cases with fake AI citations, some sanctions in six figureslawyerAI tool output must be checked at the source, because the vendor contract does not take over liability.corporate lawyerLiability and error-handling terms must be negotiated separately when buying AI research tools.Legal AI firms move to own models: Harvey launches Tenet, another vendor switches to Kimi K3corporate lawyerWhen a vendor changes models, check where and by which model client data is processed.compliance specialistData-handling and supplier risk related to third-party models should be reassessed.lawyerLawyers should find out which model sits behind the tool they use, because of confidentiality.Harvey launches next-generation platform built around memorylawyerBefore using memory, it must be clarified what client data stays in the system.corporate lawyerConfidentiality controls on the storage and sharing of client data should be reviewed.NYC Bar issues ethics opinion on AI recording of conversationslawyerBefore AI recording and summarizing, the other party must be informed and the ethical requirements assessed.corporate lawyerAn internal policy is needed for AI processing of negotiation and interview notes.Hungarian lawyers' debate: it is not true that there are no rules for AIlawyerWhen using generative AI, lawyers must apply existing confidentiality and duty-of-care rules rather than cite a lack of regulation.corporate lawyerThe firm's AI policy should be drawn up according to the considerations in the CCBE guidance.More legal AI launches: FoxAI, Litera, DISCO, Filevine, Thomson Reuters–Laurel, Sansancorporate lawyerFor contract and review tools, data handling and liability should be compared before purchase.lawyerThe output of AI used in document review must be checked by human reviewers.Aderant links iTimekeep to Harvey to turn AI-assisted legal work into billable timelawyerTime recording for AI-assisted work must be reconciled with the fee terms agreed with the client.corporate lawyerThe firm's billing model must settle how time spent working with AI is charged.Vos: people likely to accept AI judges for small disputeslawyerIn arbitration, it is worth following the soft-law frameworks on transparency and human oversight.AI is reshaping entry-level legal jobs for graduates, not eliminating themOntario's first AI discipline ruling sanctions the deception, not the chatbotlawyerDisciplinary risk stems from failing to verify and from misleading the court, not from using AI as such.Insurers show growing interest in AI coverage exclusionscorporate lawyerAI exclusion clauses in liability insurance policies should be reviewed before renewal.compliance specialistInsurance coverage for AI risk should be built into the risk management plan.Goodwin rolls out AI-enhanced tool for venture financinglawyerIn transactional work, the firm's AI tool may change how financing documentation is prepared.Hungarian Bar Association issues position on lawyers' use of AI speech-to-text toolslawyerBefore using AI dictation and transcription tools, confidentiality and data-handling terms must be checked in line with the Bar's position.Swedish legal AI startup Legora in talks to raise funds at valuation above $10 billionlawyerWith legal AI platforms gaining value so quickly, firms must decide fast on adoption.corporate lawyerWhen choosing a vendor, pricing and financial stability should also be examined.New York City Bar issues guidance on AI and attorney-client privilegelawyerFor AI prompts containing client information, confidentiality risk must be addressed in advance.corporate lawyerAn internal AI-use policy should set out which tools may receive confidential material.AI chips away at the billable hour as AI-native law firms emergelawyerFee models need rethinking, because clients will expect to share in AI efficiency gains.Harbor launches legal-focused AI deployment service, Harbor Deploycorporate lawyerUsing an implementation service can speed up putting legal AI tools into production.lawyerFirms should weigh the costs of in-house deployment against an external service.Columbia Law School updates AI policy with new restrictionsIndian judge calls for judiciary-controlled AI platform, flags privacy risksHungarian AI law courses: compliance training and an ELTE law degree specialisationcompliance specialistDomestic training programmes prepare participants for AI Act compliance tasks.Legora reaches $5.6B valuation as Harvey reportedly seeks $15.5BlawyerCompetition among legal AI tools affects law firms' choice of tools and their negotiating position on contracts.corporate lawyerAs providers consolidate, the risks of vendor dependence and data handling grow.Attorney AI rules: California, state bars, the BSB and IndonesialawyerBar rules on AI use expect transparency, supervision and risk management.corporate lawyerFirm AI policies should be aligned with the new guidance, and responsibility should also be placed on the firm.Thomson Reuters makes its own AI model the default in CoCounsel LegallawyerUsers should test the accuracy of the new default model on their own workflows.corporate lawyerIn procurement, the effect of the model change on contractual guarantees should also be checked.Law schools reshape teaching and assessment for the AI eraLaw firms are rolling out AI faster than they can measure its effectlawyerThe impact of AI adoption needs to be measured, and firms should prepare for client requests to return data.corporate lawyerIn-house data management and clients' push to insource raise new contractual questions.